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Category Archives: I See Music

Just Break

July 14, 2010 – 1:00 am

Your insides are twisted coming outside fraying at the seams. And pushing ahead pulls you under. Hungry, and needing to be filled, you give yourself over – listen for the voice that does not come yet you remain a stranger – suspended but sometimes we break. And you resist hold while what you need recedes. [...]

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I See Music – Angel

July 2, 2010 – 1:00 am

Fear calls; pushes, pulls, sets me adrift and leaves me… I cannot anchor. The shore fades. There is nothing now but riding the waves. No way in, no way out. I just need to ride the waves. Sink deep. Let fear overcome. Be consumed. Tasted. Swallowed. And in the moments of my darkest fear; when [...]

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I See Music – The Whys & Wherefores

June 24, 2010 – 1:00 am

Because in our own way, we’re all looking for the same thing. Resonance Validation To love and be loved. TO BE HEARD. And Music, well, Music is the soundtrack to the life we live One breath at a time. Music. My seductress. My nemesis. The answer. The question. The breath. She stays with me, by [...]

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I See Music – Flow

June 15, 2010 – 1:00 am

When the time is right you will feel the waves rush over you flowing like the river to the sea. And when that time comes Come to me I won’t let you go.

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Gravedigger

June 8, 2010 – 1:00 am

You have got to be you. And when you are scared shitless and the world is caving in telling you you are not enough You have got to be you. There is no one else. And this is something only you Not your mother Or your father Or your best friend Or anyone else Can [...]

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I See Music – Sugarfoot

May 28, 2010 – 1:00 am

It’s the space between the notes that make all the difference. That’s where you find the rhythm, the groove; that’s where the sound lives. Design and music? They’re the same, really. Photograph in frame at top: ‘Manhattan Mall’ by David Beckerman Photograph in frame at bottom: ‘Radio City Music’ Hall by David Beckerman

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I See Music – Green Eyed Love

May 21, 2010 – 1:00 am

The legend. ‘The Green Muse’ by Albert Maignan 1895 Courtesy Musee de Picardie, Amiens. The nouveau connoisseur. The gentlemen’s club.

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I See Music – Worrisome Heart

May 15, 2010 – 1:00 am

When I hear her, in this way, like this: I see this:

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I See Music – Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing

May 2, 2010 – 1:00 am

mm. That was easy. Photograph at top right by Ellen Von Unwerth

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I See Music – Do What You Have To Do

April 23, 2010 – 1:00 am

When you need to hide come to me Crawl in and unravel I will hold you through the fragile night and release you when the daylight comes

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